Capo Friendly

i get it and i’ll miss it but the NHL response of “well player salaries are and in house legal issue and we don’t want them known” is interesting

@@mitcharmstrong8327they have to have the info public per labor laws and cba but they dont want players to be easily able to compare salaries for contract negotiations

I think it's just because they've gone through the changing of the guard enough times that they know it'll be a small period of inconvenience followed by getting used to a new site. There's clearly a market for a site like this, so someone will make an effective resource to replace CapFriendly.

They don't always have good takes, this is an L from them.

Also the fact that they think General Fanager was what pushed the Knights over the edge to become champs almost two after they purchased it, and not getting Bruce Cassidy and Adin Hill the offseason before their run lol

It's the people who keep calling CapFriendly "sellouts" that they're criticizing and they rightfully point out that most people would do the same if they were in that position.

@@JaziB it’s still spending over ten minutes chiding and lecturing the audience. Because their perspective is “Our buddies got paid, why aren’t you happy our buddies got paid?” It’s such a boys club move

Actually, they wouldn't. They view the info on capfriendly to be confidential.

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Preventing other teams from using it.

I don’t know exactly but I can take a guess at why. First, just the fact it’s a resource less for other teams is an advantage. How important an advantage is debatable, especially since teams can simply make their own in-house (and probably already have some version of it), but still, exclusive access has value. Second, it is an already functioning platform that acquiring now saves time over building an internal equivalent, which also has value. Third, and this I think is the most important even though it is speculative, with the inclusion of advanced analytics in public sports discourse over the last few years (even if advanced stats have been around for a longer time), I think capfriendly would have likely been working on expanding player information to include advanced statistics beyond cap-specific information. This being public would significantly help every team with trades and determining what good player value dollar-wise looks like. Again, speculative, but if I’m right on this point especially, acquiring Capfriendly gives the Capitals an edge not only regarding the information they obtain, but by restricting access to that information for other teams. It creates an analytical gap between the Caps and other NHL teams and, given parity in the league, that user-friendly database can make a difference in signings, trades, and ultimately, the standings and playoff successes. Sorry for the long comment. Lots of what I wrote is speculative, but I too was annoyed that the panel didn’t explain the advantages the Caps obtain from this purchase. I’m probably missing quite a bit, but I doubt the purchase doesn’t add significant value given a sophisticated NHL franchise (and corporation) chose to make it.

@Kabequah thanks, that all makes a lot of sense. It's also kinda what I figured, but what it doesn't quite explain (and something you touched on) is why all 32 teams don't just have their own internal department doing this same thing. I'm sure all the teams could find and hire other tech guys to do what cap friendly does. In fact, I could even seen an advantage of keeping cap friendly itself public, but then having your own internal team who utilizes that public information with the private information the teams have. I dunno, still feel like there's a piece missing here.

@@KevbotFalconhammer It might genuinely just be a question of cost to build the product from scratch vs possibly paying a bit more for a product that 1. exists and (maybe more importantly) 2. already HAS the requisite data to begin being used right away. Kind of like buying a built house with the possibility of adding the bells and whistles you want while having all the essentials vs having a house built for you which will take much more time, require designing and then actual building. I assume that building the internal program is one thing. Gathering and inputting the data is a whole other beast and arguably the lion’s share of the work. That’s mainly why I think it’s a good purchase. Combined with the exclusivity obtained and barring access to other teams, it’s a great business purchase the more I speculate 😂

Many teams paid Capfriendly to get access to an internal database of some kind rather than build their own. They no longer have that database now. Those teams are now scrambling to figure out what to do.

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They should make Steve code it by himself and film him

These guys aren’t Edmonton fans, calm down.

also the lookout/rotating tower in downtown vancouver would be great with a middle finger

And Joe also won an NCAA Championship.

​@@INMATEofARKHAM Kariya won with the Maine Black Bears didn't he?

@@INMATEofARKHAM yeah but nobody cares cause back then university hockey was nowhere close to the level it’s at today

That would honestly be the best hockey team name I have ever heard.

I just want to emphasize, I'm happy the CapFriendly guys got paid. I don't know if they had many people working there who weren't owners. I can almost guaranteed the mere workers will be fired.

It's okay to be wrong bud

There’s nothing pointless about booting several competitors out of a useful service that they paid for. Just because all of the services are available, does not mean they are all compiled in such an easy to use, user friendly format, and in the same place. When you are trying to run an NHL team, and have the financial backing, you’ll pay for convenience.

I think there's also confusion cause the IOC has banned Russian but allowed OAR to compete cause of the olympic doping scandal... while the IIHF does not currently allow Russia in any official events cause of the invasion of Ukraine.

There are two major professional league teams in California both named the Kings no one cares

50 to 59 is a D and considered a passing grade but we have more books 😂 Is Algebra still taught in US since it has a Letter presenting as a Number 😂 banned in Florida 🤣

@@user-fj9uu2jl1n Former teacher in FL, no, still taught. Not well. But still.

@@user-fj9uu2jl1n 100-90 is an A, 89-80 is a B, 79-70 is a C, 69-60 is D, below 60 is an F. How can 50 to 59 be a D?

@@jeffe2267try google Yes, it is possible to fail a course in Canada if your final grade falls below the passing grade set by the institution. The passing grade typically ranges from D (usually 50-59%) to higher, depending on the course and institution.Mar

@@jeffe2267 Isn't that scale missing a letter? And if I remember correctly (it's been years) it's 100-90/A+, 89-80/A, 79-70/B and so forth.

Too be fair people have said this in every series. Oilers are getting no credit for making teams look worse than they are.

@@CC-of5xli agree bit its just game one between these two, Florida’ has to play better to win 3 more games.

@jonasgorea3823 the Oilers also can't maintain this level over a full series. They usually dip mid series and come back strong at the end.

@@CC-of5xl Make us look bad again tonight and we'll be far more open to that idea. But for us Florida fans, we saw this in both game ones against Boston and New York. Our 3-0 game one shutout against the Rangers was basically just as ugly as Saturday night was.

Mr Game 7 Cody Ceci is finally out of the lineup. And I doubt Bob can maintain this level of robbery the entire series. Unfortunate game 1 to lose but the Oilers can definitely win this series

And the Penticton Boston Pizza sign wasn't after the Canucks were eliminated. The sign was put up before the start of the Canucks-Oilers series.

@@SolarDynasties I feel like he’s also likely mixing in the thing from 2011 when all 62 Boston Pizza’s across Canada were renamed “Vancouver Pizza” in the buildup to and for the duration of the 2011 finals.

Utah Prophets

if the rangers can dump barclay goodrows contract to another team like Utah, i believe they will be able to resign shesterkin at around 14% of their cap as well. correct me if i am wrong

The rangers dont want another soft player in the top 6, they already have panarin and zebanejad

Its also a thing about not just trading in division, but in conference. They gotta try to get the best deal, but ill bet money its with a western team.

That´s a hard no from the Rangers. They don´t wanna get even softer.

Agreed. The Leafs have a bunch of people that are meh and then a bunch of people who make too much money.

Yup

Gonez

@@Cate_78 Thanks 4 that hedz up, I wasn't sure if it was a Mickey take Like Phillip McKraken!! He's probably well known in Canada,, Cheers.

@@russell-di8js not going to lie, I had to look up the show. Had to find out once you mentioned it. Lol. Don't know how well known he is. At least I don't know him but it's not the sort of thing I pay attention to.